The Jackson standard. [volume] (Jackson C.H., Ohio) 1847-1888, 1887-04-28

men, perhaps, ever expect to see per-
feet man. In fact, men have wide
divergence of opinion as to what a
perfect man would be like. In some
localities such title would call for a
man Of steady, temperate habits, re-
ligious man, one who was thoroughly
conscientious and upright, and lived ac-
cording to the letter and spirit of the
Golden Rule. This type Of the per-
feet man would be welcomed in the
home, and respected in the communi-
ty. His friendships would be warm
and constant, his life one which could
be pointed to as an example for the
young and inexperienced. In other
localities the perfect man would as
sumo far different proportions. Many
man has attempted to work up his
own model of perfection in his own
person, and in this attempt the atoms
of the perfect model sometimes get
sadly mixed. Thus some mems ideas
run toward perfect liberty; that is to
say, personal liberty. In these times
Of temperance agitation, and local par
ty strife, the idea of perfection Of hu-
man character takes very we'll de-
fined shape, one way or the other.
The Temperance ''crank," on the one
hand, regards the man who makes a
life battle against intemperance, as
well nigh perfect. The anti-temper-
ance crank" on the other hand, re-
CARDS the noble attributes of man as
dependent entirely upon the capacity
Of his hide. To this class, all that is
worthy Of the ambition OF a human
heart, is the power to swill the great
est amount of intoxicants, with the
least danger Of an explosion. All
things must be subordinated to the
great principle Of slop. Many poor
fellow has been sacrificed in an effort
to demonstrate the qalities of the per-
feet man. We are always willing to
give our readers the benefit of our OBJ
servations in the field of human prog
ress, and to that end give this instance
of an attempt to demonstrate all that
is noble and desirable in humanity,
according to the views of one of the
classes we have named It is the case
Of a citizen Of Cincinnati, as reported
in paper of that city:
"The investigation in the case Of
Thos. Agin, who was found at Sill
mer's slaughter-house, on Livingston
street, was held by Coroner Rendigs
yesterday. A number of the en-
ployes of the establishment were ex-
amined, and the evidence showed that
Agin was man of very dissipated
habits, and on the day on which his
death had occurred he drank nearly a
keg of beer. He went into the slaugh-
ter-house to sleep, where he was found
by Night-watchman Stevens, of EN-
merson, Fisher & Co. The verdict
will be rendered to-day
Perfection in human character, &C
cording to this Cincinnati mans idea,
could only be reached by the swallow
ing of keg of beer. And good
many people outside of Cincinnati
seem to cling fondly to this idea. TO
this class the great aim and ambition
of the human family should be to
swell and stink. To the other class
man should be sober, intelligent be-
ing, abounding in grace and good
works, enlarging the mind, and carry
ing forward noble destiny We are
sorry to say there are very few men
in this community who are seeking to
rival this ambitious Cincinnatian, and
again a very few who are encouraging
such conduct. But the great mass Of
our people, we are happy to say, see
grander and nobler in the
human life than pandering to the
Devils business.